‘I mean there’s too much story, unless I literally did commit until I am 63.’

She also added that she might not be able to play the Queen forever, especially as time passes in the show and her children get older.

The first two seasons of the the show aired in August 2016 and August 2017, but there was then a gap between the third series which wasn’t shown in the UK until March 2019, with the US getting to see it a couple of months earlier in January.

The final episode of Victoria series three airs tonight at 9pm on ITV.